Christopher Eldred Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provide research and operational support to two on-campus UC Berkeley initiatives focused on the impact of emerging technologies on inequality, work, entrepreneurship, and the international economy• Authored papers on the likely impacts of 5G and the relative importance of general abilities vs. domain expertise in artificial intelligence applications

• Advisor to the former Governor of Michigan on issues related to technology, jobs, inequality, and the future of work• Researched and developed proposals addressing a range of issues, including workforce development, data monetization and privacy, portable benefits, and fair labor practices for the gig economy• Developed a book proposal about technology and inequality in the 21st century• Authored two op-eds published on CNN arguing that platforms should pay users for data• Built visual presentations and developed talking points for the Governor’s speaking engagements

San Francisco, Ca

• Launched political consulting firm, providing general consulting and research services for campaign clients• Advised Policy Director of Antonio Villaraigosa’s gubernatorial campaign; researched and developed proposals to increase investment, economic growth, and high-wage employment in the Central Valley• Conducted opposition research and advised on message strategy for Democratic congressional candidate in Virginia

San Francisco Bay Area

• Provided research, writing, and communications management services for think tank focused on clean energy economic development• Sole author of published report on the automation impact of natural language processing on professional services jobs; conducted detailed survey of state of the art natural language processing capabilities and built model for their substitution effect on professional services occupational tasks• Planned and executed communications around launch of reports, including writing press releases, drafting responses to journalists’ questions, and coordinating with our PR team• Lead author of report on the potential of the Industrial IoT industry to create jobs in Oregon• Conducted research to support report publication, including surveying academic and technical literature, conducting quantitative analysis, and interviewing stakeholders

San Francisco, Ca

• Led message and strategy development; created and executed plans for communications, field, finance, data, and digital• Hired and supervised campaign team comprised of two part-time and two full-time staff members • Served as campaigns’ on-the-record spokesperson; successfully pitched stories to print media, including the San Francisco Chronicle• Managed $100,000 in advertising spend: 50% on Facebook ads, the remainder spread across Comcast Spotlight, YouTube, Google Search, Snapchat, print newspapers, web display and pre-roll video advertising.• Led development of campaign logo and eleven video advertisements, including creating underlying message concepts, drafting designs/scripts, and supervising production by design and film professionals; Engardio campaign’s “Investigate” TV ad received coverage in multiple media outlets• Produced social media graphics and newspaper advertising content using Adobe Photoshop• Built a predictive model in R programming language using voter file, door knock responses, automated phone survey responses, and 3rd party marketing data; model accurately predicted the final vote attainment of top three finishers within 3 percentage points• Managed crisis rapid-response including monitoring social media, working to ensure continued support of key endorsers, and recommending spoken and written responses• Managed campaign's digital presence, including regular Facebook posts, website optimization, and email fundraising campaigns• Managed relationships and purchases with eight advertising, production, and data vendors

San Francisco, Ca

• Led message and strategy development; created and executed plans for communications, field, finance, data, and digital• Managed $20,000 in Facebook advertising spend• Led development of campaign logo, including creating underlying message concept and drafting designs/scripts• Produced logo, social media graphics and newspaper advertising content using Adobe Photoshop• Led planning and execution of over 6 campaign events with attendance ranging from 30 to 100 people• Managed campaigns’ digital presence, including regular Facebook posts, website optimization, and email fundraising campaigns

San Francisco, Ca

• Researched the landscape of API usage and software competency within the social impact community • Identified opportunities for impact using Twilio’s technology across a wide variety of social impact organizations; shepherded app development projects from design to launch • Planned and implemented email and PR campaigns built around Twilio’s non-profit customer stories• Served as on-the-record spokesperson for VolunteerMatch SMS, a collaborative project of VolunteerMatch and Twilio.org• Mobilized Twilio.org’s customers to sign a letter in support of Twilio’s petition to the FCC to end SMS message filtering• Spoke on behalf of Twilio at the Ohio Regional Anti-Trafficking Symposium, the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, and other public events• Managed 80 accounts in 2014 (each with spend between $1000 and $20,000 per month); grew collective spend by 50%• Created new opportunities to grow accounts and increase customer satisfaction and usage; identified key accounts and grew individual account spend by as much as 400%• Travelled on-site to visit business executives and conducted custom presentations• Prioritized customer needs and coordinated cross-functional internal teams to drive customer issues to closure

• Worked closely with marketing and support to provide an all around excellent experience for new Twilio customers • Contacted inbound registrations to evaluate projected deal size and timeline; created and qualified net-new sales leads through outbound prospecting• Performed data-driven campaigns to improve sales processes and streamline the customer experience • Achieved 115% quota attainment for 2013• Designed and executed training program for new Business Development Representatives; interviewed ~30 candidates for the BDR role• Represented Twilio at multiple tech conferences, including Money 2020 and Dreamforce

Nw Las Vegas, Nv

• Initiated, built, maintained, and leveraged relationships with Obama supporters to get them to knock on doors, make phone calls, and register new voters for the reelection campaign• Personally recruited, trained, and managed 70 active volunteers in team structures• Worked between 70 and 90 hours per week for four months fulfilling on-the-ground functions as the campaign required• Established and managed volunteer goals to achieve and exceed evolving team metrics targets each week• Conceived and executed multiple volunteer trainings for groups of up to 60 volunteers• Trained two new Field Organizers in the campaign’s final weeks

Tagged and sorted packages, brought packages to customers, helped customers solve their mail and package delivery problems.

New York, Ny

• Analyzed data from a national poll to determine regional and demographic strengths and weaknesses of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney• Summarized ten years’ worth of editorials to prepare a congressional candidate for an interview with the NYT Editorial Board• Researched news media and government sources to develop issue profiles of clients and their opponents for use by senior strategists• Analyzed demographic data, historical voting trends, and news media to draw conclusions about the electoral implications of California’s re-districting process for the 2012 cycle; wrote a memo summarizing this analysis for firm-wide distribution• Coded poll respondents’ open-ended answers for further analysis by polling professionals• Updated the firm’s Salesforce database to include case studies of work done for clients in the past year

Shanghai, China

• As paid reporter for an online publication aimed at young Americans, conducted interviews in Shanghai with managers of environmental NGOs, journalists, artists, gallery curators, housekeepers, and a variety of other subjects• Published regular features on broad spectrum of topics relating to Chinese culture and society, including public health care programs, reforestation projects, and the relationship between artists and local government in Shanghai• Blogged regularly on variety of topics relating to Chinese political and social culture

• Took semester off from college to serve on a major-party gubernatorial election campaign; campaign duties typically required me to work through the evening and on weekends• Recorded and summarized all of Political Director’s incoming phone correspondence, since he was usually out of the office• Enlisted the support of teachers and hunters from around the state to build the Educators for Deeds and Sportsmen for Deeds coalitions• Helped the political staff plan the logistical details of each political event, including securing event space, finding surrogates to support the candidate, and making, setting up, and distributing all necessary signage and campaign literature• Representing the campaign headquarters, I staffed those events that took place locally to make sure everything went according to plan• Was responsible for each day researching and writing all event briefing memos containing all information pertinent to every event the candidate attended; as the number of daily events grew towards the end of the campaign, oversaw the completion of all briefing memos by managing the workflow of three unpaid staffers• Oversaw day-to-day work of the Political Department at campaign headquarters after paid staffers had been re-assigned to the field in the campaign’s final weeks• Performed miscellaneous tasks at the request of staffers from all campaign departments, including updating voter lists to make sure all information was up to date, drafting press releases, transcribing radio interviews for analysis, and planting signs on highway medians

Shanghai, China

• Managed a small young children’s apparel company while chief executive was away during summer months.• Coordinated assembly, storage, and delivery of products to retailers.

Analyzed media climate in run-up to the 2010 World Expo for opportunities for new business, coordinated with journalists and clients, and wrote content for the website of boutique media relations company.

Bachelor Of Arts, Government

Intermediate Mandarin

History

Activities and Societies: Marsh Chapel Choir, BU Choral Society, BU Allocations Board After completing my sophomore year, I took a leave.

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